Izza Génini
- Known for
- Directing
Biography
Izza Génini was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1942 to a Jewish family.
After studying literature and foreign languages at the Sorbonne and the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, both in Paris, Génini decided to enter cinema. In 1973, she founded SOGEAV for the distribution of French films in French speaking African nations, distribution of African films abroad, and the production of films El Hal and Transes, the latter of the two directed by Ahmed El Maanouni. Martin Scorsese would later remaster this film in his World Cinema Project, with an interview with Génini included on the disk. In 1987, Génini began the production of a documentary series on traditional Moroccan music called Maroc, corps et âme, or Morocco, Body and Soul, containing fifteen parts.
Movies with Izza Génini
- Blood Wedding 1977 · ★ 6.2
- My Thursday Souk 2022
Movies directed by Izza Génini
- Malhoune 1989
- Pour le Plaisir des Yeux 1997
- My Thursday Souk 2022
- Aïta 1988
- Gnaouas 1989
- Rhythms of Marrakech 1989
- Return to Oulad Moumen 1994
- Vibrations in Upper Atlas 1993
- Hymns of Praise 1988
- Des Luths et Délices 1989
- Drums Beating 1999
- Moussem 1997
- A Nuba of Gold and Light 2007
- NUPTIALES EN MOYEN ATLAS 1993
- Les Gnaouas 1989
- Aïta (Le Cri) 1988